Cancer Awareness
It was in the spring of 2021 I noticed something wasn’t right with my little Sheltie girl Marilyn, 4 years at the time. Out of our fur baby family consisting of five Shetland Sheepdogs, Marilyn and her sister Biscuit had always been the active and fit ones, walking around 5-8kms every day and always hungry…
Tia or Tia Maria as she’s often called is a 15yo Jug, a Jack Russell X Pug. She spent the first 13 years of her life relatively healthy but during lockdown in 2020 she developed a cough which wouldn’t go away. After a vet visit and subsequent tests, she was diagnosed with Cushing disease, heart…
Let me introduce Lumi, our brave Burmese cat, who shortly before her 5th birthday was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma on her chest. Now a few weeks past her 5th birthday, she is officially a cancer survivor. We first discovered the lump on her chest between regular vet visits. Over a few months, it seemed…
Hunter was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2020, he was 11 years old at the time & had a persistent cough. Hunter was referred SASH North Ryde & we saw the wonderful Dr Martin Havlicek who successfully removed Hunter’s cancerous lung shortly after. I wasn’t aware this was even possible for dogs; Both Doc…
Pepsi was referred to the SASH hospital in North Ryde by the Abbotsbury Veterinary Clinic after they discovered a Mast Cell Tumour on the back of her right leg during a routine health check. During the SASH consultation, a CT scan was recommended to check for any other incidental issues, which unfortunately revealed a small…
My story is about our gorgeous golden retriever, Khari. She is now 12 years old and the most placid golden oldie you’ll find. Khari is definitely a huge part of our family, so when our happy go lucky girl was found to have thyroid cancer in October 2021, we were referred to the specialist team…
Luna’s story We first met Luna at the Animal Welfare League in February 2019. She was 2 years old. She had been found wandering the streets in Mawson Lakes. Knowing her like we do now, she must have been so scared, lonely and confused. We couldn’t imagine how she ended up in that position, but…
Ned was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in June 2020, after a trip to our local vet to pick up some arthritis meds. We had noticed that his usual aches and pains were becoming a bit more pronounced. Ned was a rescue that came to us from Queensland, and quickly became part of our family. He protected…
OUR DORA (A-Dora-bull) Southern Cross Bulldog; big head, athletic body, broad shoulders, narrow hips, wiggly stumpy tail. Has (lots of) swagger. Dora walked into SASH a little unsure of her surroundings. Within moments of meeting Jess at reception and Dr Nic, her little tail began to wiggle, her bottom began to shake and twerk and…
One quiet Sunday night in January my beautiful Jaffa suddenly started having seizure. My neighbours found me crying in the road and helped me get Jaffa to emergency vets. That was the start of our journey. We were in and out of emergency for over a week and then told that Jaffa likely had insulinoma…
Scout is our three year old French bulldog who likes chasing the ball, food, and cuddles. She does not like the vacuum cleaner, and she does not like cancer. Scout was diagnosed with biliary Cystadenocarcinoma in September this year. Her symptoms were weight loss, vomiting and lethargy. We knew something was wrong and took her to…
Ruby is a 9-year-old Bull Arab x Great Dane. She is my world, she is my support dog that helps me manage my depression and anxiety, but not only that, she is family and my best buddy One night after ruby had eaten her dinner i called her inside, she went to come inside but…